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But Sunday’s game was different. Not only was the opponent No. 12 UCLA – the Bruins gave OSU its only Pac-12 loss – but it was the final regular season home game for seniors Deven Hunter, Ruth Hamblin, Jamie Weisner, Samantha Siegner and Jen’Von’Ta Hill.

“Today, I felt some pressure,” Rueck said. “This group needs to go out right. I’m so thankful they did.”

No. 7 OSU (24-3, 15-1) extended its winning streak to 14 games, matching a school record, in a 64-54 victory before a crowd of 5,654 at Gill Coliseum.

After a pregame ceremony honoring the seniors, OSU got off to a slow start in the first quarter and missed their first four field goal attempts.

But the Beavers settled in and led 34-29 at halftime behind Weisner’s 20 points.

Hamblin took over in the third quarter, scoring eight of her 16 points. OSU extended its lead to as much as 14 points in the third quarter, withstood a UCLA rally in the fourth quarter, and won going away.

Hunter, Hamblin, Weisner and Siegner arrived in Corvallis four years ago – Hill transferred in last season from Hutchinson Community College – and the Beavers went 10-21 in the 2012-13 season, and won four Pac-12 games.

OSU won its first Pac-12 championship last season and will be playing in March Madness for the third year in a row next month, tying a school record.

“It was amazing to see the crowd and everybody there. It was really loud,” Hunter said of the pregame ceremony.

Hamblin called it “a heartwarming moment.”

“I was there with my family, but I felt like everyone in Gill was my family,” Hamblin said.